The demon was now completely consumed by rage. She had stopped paying attention to the two girls getting further away. How exactly they had gained the attention of one of the fallen Nicodemus had no idea. And he didn’t need to know right know. The fact that he stood before one of the fallen was far more important at the moment. When he had sensed her arrival upon the mortal world he had been tempted to doubt his senses. But he couldn’t do that anymore.
The demon attacked him again. As her fists struck his shield repeatedly with inhuman speed and strength and hellfire enveloped him it took all of Nicodemus’s concentration to maintain the barrier. He was as he had said stalling. And hopefully his support would arrive soon. Just as he thought this the demon’s fist broke through his shield a
